Adelaide universities jump up BOSS MBA Ranking

The University of Sydney Business School is again home to the top-rated MBA program in Australia, after topping the 2017 BOSS MBA Ranking. Taking out the double in the biennial survey – the only one of its kind in Australia – University of Sydney’s Executive MBA program also outranked its peers in 2019.

Queensland University of Technology jumped three places to third in the 2019 BOSS MBA Ranking. Glenn Hunt

The Sydney institution’s success masks some sizeable moves among the top-rated MBA schools, partly as a result of University of Melbourne’s decision to not take part this year and the entry of new contenders.Adelaide Business School, Queensland University of Technology – Graduate School of Business and University of South Australia Business School jumped three places each, putting them into second, third and fourth respectively.

Among the 18 schools that took part in 2019, Adelaide Business School’s program was ranked highest for research output and total school scores. These are gleaned from questionnaires to schools asking about staff numbers and qualifications, student numbers, research output and so on, and account for 45 per cent of the score. A survey of graduates from the past three years accounts for 55 per cent of the final score.

Adelaide Business School was ranked second in terms of value for money, up from ninth last time. QUT and University of SA both enjoyed big jumps in overall alumni satisfaction, with the latter scoring the largest increase in skills improvement.

The University of Queensland Business School suffered one of the biggest falls in the 2019 BOSS MBA Ranking. The Brisbane-based institution recorded one of the largest drops in skills improvement for alumni, while it also had a lower proportion of staff with recent business experience.

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Sally Patten is the editor of The Australian Financial Review's BOSS Magazine. Based in Sydney, she specialises in leadership and management. Connect with Sally on Twitter. Email Sally at spatten@afr.com